Let’s play the “Who gets suspended this Friday?” game

Posted by Mike Florio on August 22, 2014, 9:17 AM EST

It’s Friday. And while the NFL privately bristles at the perception that it engineers the release of suspension-related news for the final day of the workweek, recent history warrants keeping an eye out for this week’s latest leak followed by an announcement that someone will be missing some time.

So who ya got? Will it be Browns receiver Josh Gordon, who faces a one-year suspension under the substance-abuse policy? Will it be 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith, who faces a multi-game suspension for multiple violations of the substance-abuse policy and the personal-conduct policy?

Or will it be Colts owner Jim Irsay, who was arrested in March for operating a vehicle while under the influence of prescription pain medication? Will it be “retired” defensive lineman Josh Brent, who hopes to be reinstated after serving time for the DUI-related death of former teammate Jerry Brown?

Then again, it also could be someone on whom we’re not focused. That’s what happened last week, when Chiefs receiver Dwayne Bowe received a one-game suspension, arising presumably from last year’s arrest on marijuana possession charges.

So who will it be this week? While we await an answer, make your pick below.

It won’t be Irsay. They aren’t even going to think about him until after his court case and he keeps getting that pushed back. I fully expect Irsay to get it pushed back again until it is in the early off season when everyone is focused on basketball and then the League will give him a teeny tiny little fine, if they give any punishment at all. I wouldn’t put it past them to try to sell the “undisclosed terms” ploy.

This is a real joke… Just like not announcing the drug failure of D Washington prior to the draft… Put a policy in place and effective immediately here is the suspension.. We have guys playing now that won’t be tomorrow…. My how this screws with my fantasy teams!!!!!!

I doubt they release anything today because then it would most likely be reiterated on national broadcast during the preseason games. The last thing they want is a national audience hearing all their bad news right when its released. They usually release friday afternoons to avoid this, but Preseason is boinks that up for them.

oldcracker says:Aug 22, 2014 1:36 PM

Josh Gordon will get 8 for his messed up tests, and then the NFL will take up his last DUI. We’ll be left hanging on that.